| Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

No to the St. Marks Air Rights Transfer and Hotel Special Permit Plan

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Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer

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We don't need the St. Marks Place Air Rights Transfer or the Union Square Hotel Special Permit Plan

Dear [Decision Maker],

Please continue to oppose the proposed St. Marks Place air rights transfer, and call upon the City to provide real protections for Greenwich Village and the East Village, not the Hotel Special Permit plan. The air rights transfer will only exacerbate the overdevelopment of this area and its transformation into Silicon Alley, while the hotel special permit plan will do nothing to help address it.

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I appreciate your opposition to the proposed St. Mark's Place air rights transfer.  I strongly urge you to continue that opposition and recommend denial of the application.  The proposal will only add to serious overdevelopment problems in this part of the East Village, and the incredibly modest proposed restoration work for the landmarked 4 St. Marks Place are not necessary and don't justify the negative impact the larger office tower would have.

The proposed hotel special permit requirement for Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square does nothing to address the needs of these neighborhoods facing an overdevelopment onslaught.  The city's own analysis says that if implemented it would still allow the destruction of low-scale, historic, residential buildings and their replacement with much larger commercial structures  they would just be office towers rather than hotels.  This is no help.  We need real landmark and zoning protections in this area, especially following the approval of the 14th Street Tech Hub, which has increased pressure on the area.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Address]

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